I too bought a kevlar reinforced spraydeck to deal with the compression abuse associated with sliding boats over one's own deck when performing "T" & "X" rescues, and in it's limited use so far, it seems to be holding up as well as my Palm non Kevlar reinforced deck. My Palm all neo. deck, now carved up from the abuse of rescue practice, got that way despite sanding the cockpit coaming down baby smooth back when I bought the boat. As a side note, the non Kevlar reinforced Palm Quasar goes to my keyhole cockpit Khatsalano, whereas the Kevlar reinforced Mountain Surf ('Lumbar Deck'(sp.?)) goes to my Anas, therefore different placement of load over coaming during rescue work. The Palm has also seen loads more rescue work over it's 1 1/2 years than the 1/2 year old Mountain Surf - so far. Now the request for advice. Though I love the water tight integrity of my Mountain Surf deck (I special ordered it extra tight), I've found out the hard way that it's a tad too tight around the coaming to put back on on-water in freezing weather. Does anyone have any tricks for relaxing the fit progressively in small increments? I haven't contacted Mtn. Surf yet, and my best brainstorm so far is bending some copper tubing to the size and shape of the coaming - "L" both ends downward at the back, fit the spraydeck over the coaming and hook up the plumbing to a hot water source, then run progressively warmer water through while expanding the gap between the "L"s until progress is made. Thoughts ??? Note; I've been relying on a storm cag over top of the drysuit and spraydeck in the event of a Reentry & Roll situation. Would just let the neo. spraydeck settle in my lap while reattaching the cag to the coaming, then pump the boat out (under 4 minutes w/ Henderson foot pump) and head in. Vince *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Since everyone seems to on this topic I had a question on materials. I've owned a Bushsport skirt for about two sessions and it's held up well. The model I have has a rubber applied to the inside and outside for extra protection. I was wondering if anyone knows what is used, liquid latex or rubber and how is it applied. thanks D ring *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Vince Dalrymple wrote: > > Now the request for advice. Though I love the water tight integrity of > my > Mountain Surf deck (I special ordered it extra tight), I've found out > the hard > way that it's a tad too tight around the coaming to put back on on-water > in > freezing weather. Does anyone have any tricks for relaxing the fit > progressively in small increments? Chuck Sutherland gave me advice for my wife's Mountainsurf which worked well in the warm weather and that was to attach it to the coaming for a few days. It worked well in that it remained tight but stretched it enough to be workable. Before trying the quite clever but involved process below, I would do the above and apply a blow dryer incrementally first. gabriel > I haven't contacted Mtn. Surf yet, and my best brainstorm so far is > bending some > copper tubing to the size and shape of the coaming - "L" both ends > downward at > the back, > fit the spraydeck over the coaming and hook up the plumbing to a hot > water > source, > then run progressively warmer water through while expanding the gap > between the > "L"s until progress is made. Thoughts ??? > -- Gabriel L Romeu http://studiofurniture.com İİİİİ furniture from the workshop http://studiofurniture.com/diary İİİİİ life as a tourist, daily journal http://studiofurniture.com/paint İİİİİ paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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